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HINGTON (AP) - George THE PREFERENCE of the leading proponent of massive tax cuts, from the 31 per cent who were women in
the relentless primary delegates was John Connally. was the choice of 73 delegates. Rep. 1976.
nger to Republican presidential The choice of Gerald Ford was Bob Philip Crane of Illinois was named by 59
i Ronald Reagan, is the first Dole. delegates and Ford by 35. Simon was Nearly 95 per cent of the delegates
of GOP convention delegates-for Dole was nominated and the the choice of 27. were white. About three per cent - 48
n's running mate. However, delegates went along - by ac- Connally, the former Texas governor, delegates - said they are black and 26
delegates haven't made up their clamation. was mentioned by 11 delegates this said they are Hispanic. Six said they
n the issue, an Associated Press THE 1980 AP delegate survey found time around. are Oriental and two listed themselves
'found. the GOP delegates this year are well The survey found 536 or 29 per cent of as American Indians. Those percen-
out of every five delegates says, educated.have hieh income and are the delegates were women, down a bit tages are about the same as in 1976.
Bush, would be their vice-presidential
preference, but this level of support
would hardly create a groundswell that
would make his selection by Reagan
inevitable.
RATHER, BUSH has -lota of com-
petition, interviews with 1,810 of the
1,994 delegates found.
Sen. Howard Baker and Rep. Jack
Kemp were also named for the No. 2
spot by a significant number of
delegates, and many others were men-
tioned.
Delegates often exert some influence
on the vice-presidential selection, but in
the end there is generally only one vote
- the presidential candidate's.
REAGAN HAS kept his own counsel
on the subject, though a dozen names
have surfaced as receiving his serious
consideration. Among them are Bush,
Baker and Kemp, but also some lesser
knowns.
These darkhorse candidates include
Sen. Paul Laxalt of Nevada, Rep. Guy
Vander Jagt of Michigan, Rep. Tom
Evans of Delaware, Sen. Richard
Lugar of Indiana, as well as former
Ford administrative Cabinet officers
Donald Rumsfeld and William Simon.
Four years ago, when Gerald Ford
was making the vice-presidential
decision, the choice of the delegates
wasn't worth a hill of beans.
overwhelmingly white and male.
most, the convention next wee
Detroit is their first GOP nationalt
vention as an official delegate.
The biggest chunk of the deleg;
were undecided about theiri
presidential preference. A total of
delegates expressed no choice for
vice-presidential nomination and
said they would follow the presider
nominee's wishes.
Bush, a former congressman f
Texas and later ambassador to
United Nations, CIA director
chairman of the Republican Party,
the vice-presidential choice of
delegates - or 19.2 per cent of thos
terviewed.
DESPITE HIS support fr
delegates, Bush may be hindered by
relationship with Reagan. Bush was
last Republican to concede Reagan
nomination, and Reagan once flas
in anger during a debate with Bus
Nashua, N.H.
Baker was the - choice of
delegates, 9.7 per cent. Though
senator from Tennessee a
challenged Reagan for the top spot,
relationship with Reagan appe
strong. However, conservatives;
trying to block consideration of Ba
contending he is too moderate.
Kemp, a New York congressman;
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h in WASHINGTON (AP) - Women won
the right to half the delegates to future
177 Democratic conventions, but the par-
the ty's rules committee refused yesterday
also to require it to recruit homosexuals.
his The committee also decided to
ears require target ratios for minority
are groups in future conventions, but said
aker expressly it was not re-imposing the
controversial quotas of the 1972 conven-
and tion.
THE NEW rule would require state
parties at least to aim for proportions of
minority members in the delegations
which reflect their numbers "in the
Democratic electorate."
Sponsors said this would place a bur-
den of proof on states which fail to
reach the targets, but they dropped
language which would have made the
exact minority ratios mandatory in the
final delegation composition.
The 1972 quotas, which were discar-
ded shortly after that convention,
required exact quotas for women and
minorities in each state delegation.
THESE ACTIONS were among
several amendments to the party char-
ter approved by the Rules Committee.
They do not become final until the
Democratic National Convention adop-
ts them in August, but convention ap-
'proval for most is expected to be
automatic.
Another amendment would give
women equal representation on vir-
tually all important party committees,
commissions and delegations down to
the state level.,
While the rules panel rejected "af-
firmative action" for homosexuals and
a variety of other minority groups, it
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did include them in a charter provision
which outlaws discrimination within
the party.
MAYOR DIANNE Feinstein of San
Francisco said the anti-discrimination
measure "is an idea whose time has
come.. Our party is a party for all
people. If that is the case, we should not
be afraid to say so."
But Joseph Fauliso, president pro
tem of the Connecticut Senate, denied
there was any discrimination against
homosexuals in the party and said the
measure was unnecessary and
politically dangerous.
"I object strenuously to the
exhaltation of a new class of people,"
Fauliso said. "Where does it stop -
with persons with a propensity to rape,
arson, shoplifting?"
LOS ANGELES City Councilman
David Cunningham, while supporting
the 50 per cent provision for women,
said the idea should be extended to
minorities.
"If we take that step, it's only fair
that we be fully cognizant of all the
people who have been under-represen-
ted in our party," Cunningham said.
Rules for this year's convention
already guaranteed women half the
delegate posts, but a charter amen-
dment would extend the rule to future
conventions.
Mildred Jeffrey of Detroit said the
actions in support of women would
"give a resounding answer to the
Republican Party" which has erased
its support for the Equal Rights Amen-
dment from the GOP platform.
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